Sure they may look innocent, but one buggy subroutine and these dudes are gunning down the population. At least our inevitable overlords can cut a rug!

Combine these ideas with augmented reality contacts and we could be — for better and for worse — eerily close to this. As Waxy noted: give me an ad blocker and I’m probably in.

This demo video is old but resurfacing thanks to John Underkoffler’s recent TED talk. He led the team that created the fictional interface for the movie Minority Report, then founded the company Oblong Industries to turn the futuristic gesture-based control system a reality.

Already in use in the enterprise, in government, and in academia, Underkoffler predicts this type of control interface will reach the consumer mass market within 5 years.